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This week we read one of the most famous quotes from Torah: “Justice, justice you are to pursue, in order

  Today is the 15th of the Hebrew month of Av – called “Tu b’Av” (the letters “tet” and “vav”

  Deuteronomy 4:6 With regard to all these teachings, you are to keep them, you are to observe them, for

  When Moses addressed the Israelites before entering the Land of Israel, he reassured them with two ideas about God

  A challenge of extremism rears its ugly head in this week’s Torah reading as God rewarded Pinchas for the

Challenging authority and questioning norms seem to be central aspects of Judaism. Our greatest leaders from the Torah, the Prophets,

This week’s Torah reading talks about the building of the original Menorah by the Israelites. Here is part of the

  What can we do about what is happening now? This week’s Torah reading offers a direction in the Nazirite

  This week’s Torah reading continues the assignment of roles for all the different sub-groups of the Tribe of Levi.

Numbers, Chapter 1, Verse 53, reads: “The Levites will camp around the Tent of the Congregation…and the Levites are to